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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What HYPMS looks for is someone with a unique ability.  A candidate with 4.0 GPAs with 12 AP courses plus tons of ECs, while impressive, is a dime and dozen.  A musician with potential like Justin Bieber or a Tiktok influencer with huge followers is unique.   It is simple economics about supply and demand.  [b]There is an oversupply of 4.0 GPAs candidates with 12 AP courses plus 1600 on the SAT[/b] but not enough candidates with the potential of Justin Bieber.  Of course, the school will take the candidate with the potential of Justin Bieber.  It is not that hard to understand.[/quote]\

There is no more than a few hundreds of kids in the USA with those numbers. SAT alone trims it to 700 hundred or so. so, no, there is no "oversupply" - in fact, there is no enough such candidates for HYPMS.

Also, randos doing origami and circus acts are not Justin Bieber.[/quote]

There are way more than that super scored to 1600.  You are thinking of a 1600 in one sitting.[/quote]

AO once said a 1590 can be better than a 1600 depending on rest of applicant’s profile. Sometimes 1600 strikes AO as too “try-hard” introverted, perfectionist or 1-dimensional.

Remember - it’s all about dimension. Or sprinkling flavor. Or whatever these AO call it these days. [/quote]

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